Mounjuro August starters - thread 11

[Blondeshavemorefun]

My amazing auggies ladies 💖 - another thread and heading for 6mths in !!!

Be proud of us all.

We conquered our first Christmas and many of us sts or lost. Which is a first.

Those who gained it was 1-2lbs (minus the lady who ate her family and gained 18lbs) 😂😂 and the gain has come off

So to a new 2025 - some are getting near their goal and thinking about maintenance

Some still have a way to go to get to their happy weight

Some are on the highest dose of 15

Some are 5 and below

Everyone welcome

@weaselyeyes I agree on the refined carbs and UPF thing. I'm still eating the carbs but I definitely have to watch carefully, weigh and track. In my side-effects imposed break, once the tracking stopped I was still eating the same sorts of meals but the portion sizes were definitely increasing - particularly when it was pasta or white rice! I do also try to keep it to once a day, usually the evening meal as that's the one I have with DH and DD so easier to all eat the same.

Dahl is off the menu for me which I'm gutted about. Any beans/ pulses/ lentils definitely trigger the IBS now - they never did pre MJ and I ate loads of them - in fact I didn't eat meat for years so they were most meals - but definitely can't now. An advantage of tracking everything I eat has been that I can look back and see patterns in what sets me off, and it has all switched around quite a bit since MJ.

That's a good idea @Weepixie - we've tried the spray but not on her feet. To be fair she goes to sleep really well (and quite early), it's just the waking up - when she sleeps in a little camp bed in our room (she had to over Christmas as we had guests and only a tiny house) or if we're in a hotel all in one room, she doesn't wake up so much - or she does but just settles herself. She just says she doesn't like being on her own. I'm so tempted to just say sod it and either put myself another bed in her room, or let her sleep in ours like she did at Christmas but permanently. But after YEARS of cosleeping being the only way, she did seem to settle into her own room really well at first and I didn't want to go backwards - oh I don't know, we'll get there I guess.

I still think I look as big as I ever did in the mirror! Although we still don't have a full length mirror in this house so I'm not necessarily getting the full effect!

It's only really clothes where I notice the difference - when my jeans start falling down whilst I'm walking 😂or I try a size 14 on thinking it will never fit me and it does. I just ordered a loungewear/ coord set from New Look in the sale and it came today - I ordered an L and felt quite good about that after years of being XL or even XXL - it's really roomy on me. I know the style/ fit is generous though, and my brain is just like 'yeah well they've made all the sizes bigger so that's why' - but I also do know that I'd have needed hat XL at least back in August.

@AuntieDote same, I try smaller size and feel amazed that it even goes on but mentally I’m also saying, complimentary sizing 🤷🏻‍♀️ even though I’ve just cleared out my wardrobe of everything that’s too big which has left me with a small selection of clothes. Takes a while for the brain to catch up I guess although I remain suspicious of mirrors 🧐😂

@Slimhopes hopefully sat will be kind. Did you lose last sat ?

i still look in the mirror and think look similar shape. Still have massive hips and thugs and tummy

18’s jeans are baggy.

I can’t fit into 16’s

Yes 2lbs last week but usually I see scales shift a bit during the week which they haven’t yet so maybe it’ll be 1lb this week. I’m getting into 12s now but am short, BMI 29.
I’ve still got big tummy albeit sagging and wrinkling fast, inner thighs are shocking though but it is what it is. Not often baring flesh publicly!

@Blondeshavemorefun i love your typos but then I wonder what your convos are haha. Today I'm imagining thugs with grim cocks hahaha 😆 😂

@AuntieDote for the sake of your sanity why don't you move the wee one in with you both for a bit? Xx

Any cock would be fine @NippyNinjaCrab

Yes, I definitely haven’t restricted myself too much e.g. if we get a takeaway or go out for a meal I have what I fancy, but of course, that means I’m strict through the week. Also, I’m having to think about food a lot, meal planning and prep is more onerous because I’m making sure everything is healthy and not going for convenience. Also, lunches on different days, do they fuel me enough for my run? Just a lot of thought 🥴 it’ll definitely pass though!

For anyone needing inspiration for recipes follow Bethany Dobson on FB or Insta. I have got one of her e recipe books but she also posts recipes regularly. I like her because she is a fellow no nonsense Northerner and very inspiring. She is only about 25 and has a science based degree. Very good on body image and motivation too.

I used clicks to extract 12.5 from my 10mg pen. Was on 10mg for 6 weeks. I now have a 12.5 pen that I got with £60 off..will be starting next week. 12.5 mg gives me huge suppression and I can barely eat. Tomorrow is jab day and I still can't eat 1000 cals today. I might have to go back down to 10 mg using clicks. I only have 8 pounds to go. 4 pounds to my own preferred weight and 8 pounds to top of healthy BMI. PS I have read everything and upto date..lack of sleep definitely one of my problens too

I have to agree my wee Blondes.

I love your thinking @SilverSprings510 and I'm hoping that I will keep on the same track.

Shotsy indicates i have 1.9mg in my body. I'm still feeling suppression and no antsy snack cravings, but I'm a tired wee crab right now and honestly couldn't be arsed getting up for anything 😂

I've not had much today a banana and a tangerine for breakfast. I did have 2 bites out of a lovely wee pear but I left it on the worktop for 3 seconds and knob dog used his stretch Armstrong paws and stole it! Dick! For lunch i had these crackers i got in Sainsbury's and they are really nice, I had philli on them with chicken breast, tomato and cranberry sauce 😋
I'm not hungry, too tired, I might have a shake actually.
Our walk today, just 3 miles but hills and more hills 🌄

Hey everyone! I only post sporadically but happy to say I reached a healthy BMI this week! 2 doses of 12.5mg left then have 15mg in the fridge. It's knocked me for six again like 5mg did! Curious about the maintenance plan! Hope everyone is getting on okay 🥰

hi everyone - well done on everyone’s weight loss! Interesting that a fair few of you had a fairly decent loss after Christmas and New Year which seems to fit with the concept of having an occasional break, eating a small amount of what you fancy as a reset for your body? Maybe?

apart from me of course - just the usual 1lb per week for me, but I’ll keep on keeping on.

Hope everyone sleeps well tonight - Friday nights weather sounds horrendous so maybe we’ll all be awake then!

Ps I'll definitely look up those spices @AuntieDote. DH uses the book Curry King its brilliant. Some of the recipes use a base sauce that's at the beginning of the book, we've not made that yet.

@BettyandtheVets I agree with that, we need to switch our eating up don't know why, metabolism?

Congratulations @HereIfYouNeedMe wow 🪅 xx

Massive congrats @HereIfYouNeedMe !

Yay!!! well done 🥳

@HereIfYouNeedMe thats fabulous - well done, must be an amazing feeling !!

@NippyNinjaCrab beautiful photos of the hills, what a lovely blue sky too 😍

@Azuresky68 I yearn for your strong suppression

I get the odd meal that I eat half

Maybe a day if not wanting food but not really

@NippyNinjaCrab 😂 - sorry you feel so tired

bless knob dog 🐶

Wow. Well done @HereIfYouNeedMe- is that 25. Are you going lower

@BettyandtheVets yes we all did well over Xmas

had a little of what we fancied

I will sleep well. I’m shattered again but as mini blondes is with me I sleep better knowing she’s ok

Well done! That's amazing, what is your end goal?

Well done @HereIfYouNeedMe !

I don't ride everyday unfortunately, I used to be really committed to 5 or 6 days a week but in the last couple of years work has been busy making weekdays tricky and my horse is getting a bit older now so I have backed off a bit.

I do love getting out for a long ride in the countryside.

Riding is a big reason for me to sort my weight.

Good morning! I hope everyone had a better night's sleep? Mine wasn't too bad. One top tip from a scientist friend of mine is avoid blue light emitted from phones. She reckons we shouldn't use them at 2 hours before going to bed....I have never managed to do that. I don't have a tv in my bedroom. When I go to bed and my mind is racing I play an audio book from YouTube or listen to something from BBC sounds. You can download stuff from BBC sounds then you have it ready to listen to.
Now onto the Bonus dose, can anyone help please?

1. With one 10mg pen I topped up my 10mg dose to 12 5 mg twice and today I managed to extract 6 mls for bonus dose. So that = 10mg. I want to top up to 12.5 mg from my new 12.5 pen. I wanted to check I had my maths right:

So if I extracted .6 mls from 10 pen = 10mg, then .1.2 from 12.5 pen. That's based on 12.5÷5=2.5 mg of 12.5
Total 12.5?
2 I ordered some syringes as I have nearly run out but not sure if they are the same - please see photos.
BD Microfine Plus 1 ml are the ones I have been using.
The new ones are BD Micro-Fine +Demi - says .3 ml on pack. Are they the same? I haven't used them yet but I guess if they are the wrong ones I won't be able to send them back.
Many thanks
Photo on the left are the new ones. Photo on right are the current ones.

@NippyNinjaCrab. Many thanks for the information you sent on supplements. Here is a screenshot of the Magnesium tablets I ordered. A friend recommended them. There are so many types to choose from. You take one a day and there is a subscription service.
As for any other supplements I don't take any. I was listening to a health programme on Radio 4 with medical experts on talking about how to avoid getting a virus. According to them most of the popular things haven't got scientific evidence eg Vitamin C, kombucha, cold water swimming. But each to their own. They reckon we can get short of Vitamin D but when I had a blood test before Christmas, the doctor informed me that my Vit D levels were a bit too high and to stop taking a supplement but I wasn't even taking one!